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Orthotics or Anti Pronation Running Shoes? Orthotics or Anti-pronation Running Shoes for those Flat Feet? In practice we are asked whether anti-pronation running shoes or orthotics are the best option for runners. This article will help you to understand pronation and guide you in your choice of running shoes to prevent over pronation. What is […]
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Ironman Italy 2017 Ironman Italy Emilia-Romagna It had never been my intention to do an Ironman in September in 2017 as I had wanted the late summer off. However the Lanzarote experience (food poisoning) had forced me to seek another one out and as it was the first event in Italy, and the food is […]
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Triathlon Season 2017 A Year in Triathlon I had trained all winter, braving freezing dark evenings, plus bleary eyed pre dawn starts in the pool. May had come round all too quickly and it was time to head off to Lanzarote for the Ironman. Unfortunately, some under cooked chicken put me out of action for […]
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Dizziness at Christmas?Not all dizziness at Christmas is about over-indulgence….!If I asked you ‘how is your sense of balance?’ how would you reply?You might think good balance is being confident at walking along a wall or narrow beam, or happy to go up scaffolding and clamber around on a roof.Indeed, these things do require a […]
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Triathlon 2014-5 “I like a challenge”. That would probably be the best way to explain why I have found myself doing Triathlons. That and the inevitable accusations of being in the grip of a perpetual mid-life crisis! Triathlon keeps me fit and helps me feel good about myself. It helps me understand the needs of […]
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Inspired By Our Excelling Olympians?Then Join In On The Fun The Next Time You Watch Sport.In August our amazing Olympic team brought home life time best performances and medals galore. The joy and delight on their faces was moving and something you can share to an extent by joining the para-olympic athletes as they inspire even more through […]
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Are your Anti-cholesterol Drugs Compromising your Energy Levels? The Technical Bit Anti-Cholesterol drugs such as statins reduce your cholesterol by slowing down the production of cholesterol by the liver. They do this by interfering with the action of a key enzyme, HMG-CoA-Reductase. Cholesterol production is not fully blocked nor is the production of other substances that […]
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Is Your Posture Saying Something about Your Brain? Poor posture can be a sign that there is a weakness in your brain function. Take a look in a full length mirror at yourself and see if the following applies to you. A commonly seen aberrant posture in clinic is one where your foot is turned […]
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It’s winter so time to top up the Vitamin D3 In the winter Vitamin D3 is the supplement you should be taking. If I asked you what was the most important vitamin for fighting colds what would your answer be? Many people think it’s vitamin C. It is certainly important in helping to mop up […]
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Longer Term Use Of Cortico-steroids For Tendinopathies Worse Than No Treatment At All GPs are being advised to only use short courses of steroid injections to treat tendinopathies, after a systematic review found using them for longer can produce worse results than no treatment. Instead they are being advised to use other methods of non-steroidal […]
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What is Health? This is a fundamentally important question when considering a “healthy” spine or body. In the Western World health care is concerned mainly with getting you painfree, and unfortunately in general only lip service is paid to the preventative side of therapy. The commonest way of doing this is with medication until the […]
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Is Functional Weakness Dragging You Down? Are You Firing On All Cylinders? In order for your body to move well with minimal effort and maximum control you need a nervous system that detects and modifies muscle tone accurately. If there is poor detection of movement, the nerves fail to fire correctly or at the correct […]
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